Attila Aşkar (born September 4, 1943) is a Turkish

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and former

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of the

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in Rumelifeneri,

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during 2001 and 2009.

Life

Attila Aşkar was born on September 4, 1943 in

Afyonkarahisar Afyonkarahisar (, 'poppy, opium', ''kara'' 'black', ''hisar'' 'fortress') is a major city in western Turkey. It is the administrative centre of Afyonkarahisar Province and Afyonkarahisar District. Its population is 251,799 (2021). Afyon is in the ...

.Bolvadin, Afyonkarahisar-Türkiye.
/ref> He is the son of Kemal and Nüzhet Aşkar, and was married to Elsie Vance'','' the daughter of former Secretary of State

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on August 30, 1998.

Education

Aşkar graduated from St. Joseph High School in

in 1961. He received his B.Sc. in

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from the

Technical University of Istanbul Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university dedicated to engin ...

in 1966, and his Ph.D. in applied and

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founded by A. Cemal Eringen under the supervision of Ahmet Çakmak at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

in the

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in 1969.

Academic life

He was the head in the department of

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Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Boğaziçi Üniversitesi''), also known as Bosphorus University, is a Public university, public research university in Istanbul, Turkey, historically tied to a former American educational insti ...

. After losing the Boğaziçi University rectorshipPresidents of Boğaziçi University
/ref> elections in

, he moved to

İstinye İstinye is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Sarıyer, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population was 15,721 in 2022. It is on the European side of the city between the neighbourhoods of Emirgan and Yeniköy, on the northweste ...

Campus in

as a professor of Mathematics and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Professor Aşkar then was appointed as the president and rector of the

Visiting positions

He held many visiting research scientist and professor positions at prestigious universities like

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, Princeton University, Paris University VI, the

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and the

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Research areas

Aşkar's recent research interests included scattering of classical and quantum waves,

wavelet analysis A wavelet is a wave-like oscillation with an amplitude that begins at zero, increases or decreases, and then returns to zero one or more times. Wavelets are termed a "brief oscillation". A taxonomy of wavelets has been established, based on the n ...

and

molecular dynamics Molecular dynamics (MD) is a computer simulation method for analyzing the Motion (physics), physical movements of atoms and molecules. The atoms and molecules are allowed to interact for a fixed period of time, giving a view of the dynamics ( ...

. He is the author of over eighty research journal articles and two books.

Writings

Lattice Dynamical Foundations of Continuum Theories: Elasticity, Piezoelectricity... (Series in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Vol 2)

Memberships

Dr. Aşkar is also on the board of directors at the Center for Excellence in Education, a non-profit organization located in

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Awards

He received recognitions, which include the Junior Scientist and Science awards of the National Research Council (

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), the Information Age Award of the

Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture may refer to: * Ministry of Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Youth and Sports (Albania) * Ministry of Culture (Algeria) * Ministry of Culture (Argentina) * Minister for the Arts (Australia) * Ministry of Culture (Azerbaijan)Ministry o ...

, and entry to the

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Representative scientific journal publications

* A. Aşkar, A. Çakmak, and H. Rabitz, ''Nodal structure and global behavior of scattering wave functions,'' J. Chem. Phys., 72, 5287, DOI: 10.1063/1.439739, (1980) * M. Duff, H. Rabitz, A. Aşkar, A. Çakmak, and M. Ablowitz, ''A Comparison Between

Finite Element Method Finite element method (FEM) is a popular method for numerically solving differential equations arising in engineering and mathematical modeling. Typical problem areas of interest include the traditional fields of structural analysis, heat tran ...

s and Spectral Methods as Applied to Bound State Problems,'' J. Chem. Phys., 72, 1543, DOI: 10.1063/1.439381, (1980) * A. Aşkar, A. S. Çakmak, and H. Rabitz, ''Finite Element Methods for Reactive Scattering,'' Chem. Phys., 33, 367, DOI: 10.1016/0301-0104(78)87134-1, (1978) * H. Rabitz, A. Aşkar, and A. S. Çakmak, ''The Use of Global Wavefunctions in Scattering Theory,'' Chem. Phys., 29, 61, DOI: 10.1016/0301-0104(78)85061-7, (1978)

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